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Amtrak PD launches text reporting for passengers, employees
Amtrak passengers and employees will soon be able to report suspicious activity to the Amtrak Police Department (APD) with just a text message. APD is launching APD11 āTxt-aTip,ā a program that will allow passengers and employees to send an SMS text message to the Amtrak Police Departmentās National Communications Center. āContacting the Amtrak Police Department [ā¦]
October 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Amtrak offers electric locomotive facility preview, discusses new trainās power
Amtrak on Wednesday offered Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.)Ā a preview of its Wilmington Maintenance Facility, where the company is testing its new electric locomotives, according to Delawareās WDDE. The facility is in the final stages of testing the Siemens-manufactured Amtrak Cities Sprinter (ACS-64), which debuted in Sacramento, California, in May. Amtrak ordered 70 of the locomotives [ā¦]
August 22, 2013
Roadbuilding
You Canāt Always Get What You Want
But if you try sometimes, you might just get Amtrak what it needs. And a little street cred is what it needs. I wrote a column for the print issue of Better Roads not too many months ago with the headline āAngelina Jolie.ā Within that column I suggested, not entirely facetiously, that the transportation infrastructure [ā¦]
June 27, 2013
Roadbuilding
Boeuf en Croute a la Amtrak, Comrade?
Someone hold John Mica back. The Florida Republican representative and former chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee is still knee-deep in transportation issues on The Hill, but none wind him up as much as Amtrak. And Mica can be so much fun when he gets rolling. My favoriteāoh, so many to choose fromāis [ā¦]
June 20, 2013
Roadbuilding
USDOT, DHS team up to prevent human trafficking
Outgoing U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Deputy Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan, along with Delta Air Lines Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson and JetBlue Airways Senior Vice President for Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel Robert Land, today announced a new partnership to combat human trafficking. Under the partnership, [ā¦]
June 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Trains aācominā
Think of all those Western movies, then the robber barons, then the blues singers, the other movie makers (ānight time, dark, raining, wind howls, a train whistle blows in the distanceā), then the rock singers. Trains, they all loved trains. And trains were part and parcel of the American fabric for what seemed like forever. [ā¦]
December 18, 2012
Roadbuilding
Amtrakās post hammer-and-sickle years
Would Amtrak work if it was privately owned? In the end its not only the private nature of the ownership thatās important, itās who that owner is. Private ownership, per se, is only part of the equation. So who in their right mind would want to own Amtrak? House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee chairman John [ā¦]
September 28, 2012
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Chez Amtrak.
From the āspeaks for itselfā department: Over the last 10 years, losses to the taxpayers from Amtrakās food and beverage service have added up to more than $833 million. Ā Every $9.50 cheeseburger on Amtrak is subsidized $16.50 by the taxpayers, and every Pepsi sold for $2 costs the taxpayers $3.40. This from hearings at [ā¦]
August 7, 2012
Technology
NTEA Work Truck Show 2012 sets new records
NTEA, the Work Truck Show 2012, held March 6-8 at the Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis, was the biggest work truck event in history. It broke all standing event records, with a verified 10,408 attendees checking out work trucks and equipment from 563 exhibitors. The eventās Green Truck Summit on March 5-6 also hit new [ā¦]
March 27, 2012
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Conexpo-Con/AGG 2014
Event: Start Date: 03/04/14 End Date: 03/08/14 Phone: (800) 867-6060 Web: www.conexpoconagg.com
March 21, 2012
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American Concrete Pavement Association (ACPA)
Event: 49th Annual Meeting Start Date: 11/26/12 End Date: 11/30/12 Phone: (847) 966-2272 Web: www.pavement.com
March 21, 2012
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Conexpo-Con/AGG 2014
Event: Start Date: 03/04/14 End Date: 03/08/14 Phone: (800) 867-6060 Web: www.conexpoconagg.com
March 21, 2012
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